Noob FPS question

[EODTech]

Hi folks,
I just got back from the Middle East :sniper: and my wife had HL2 collectors edition waiting for me. Thats a good woman.
Anyway I'm way behind on my HL2 reading and I wanted to know how to run those demos that give me a FPS and how do I check my FPS in game?

Thanks

 

[Dumb Dude]

The stress test can be found in Counter Strike Source, that'll give you an average FPS. Also, to check your FPS in game, type "cl_showfps 1" in the console.

 

[EODTech]

Thanks a lot.

 

[Dumb Dude]

No problem.

 

[EODTech]

Honestly I was expecting to get flamed for asking a noob question, but it seems this site has a lot of respectfull players on it.

 

[Dumb Dude]

Yeah I always help out here, I try to answer as best as I can and if people need help in the single player I try to include screenshots and whatnot. :thumbs:

 

[EODTech]

After running the stress test I get 106fps and while in game I get seem to get between 60 and 100+ FPS while running and gunning, but then I get sudden FPS drops where the FPS counter turns red and then it goes away, I'm guessing its just from being out doors and looking at something that requires a lot of processing power to render, or is that the stuttering that I keep hearing about?

 

[firemachine69]

Yup.

(dam short message limiter)

 

[sirRealist]

you can also try a program called FRAPS for frame rate counting and testing

 

[Victorious]

also "net_graph 1" or 3 will give a more detailed graph

 

[Ennui]

you can also try a program called FRAPS for frame rate counting and testing

FRAPS generally makes HL2 lag really badly, for me anyway.

Yes, that's probably the stutter bug you're getting; framerates drop very low at points, like when a new sound is loaded, but after playing for a bit it becomes only a minor annoyance

 

[EODTech]

Well hopefully they will fix that bug, I'm thinking of upgrading to a top of the line soundcard anyway. I've had mine for a while. Everything else is new but that.